A population of a certain kind of fish is introduced into a new habitat. These fish have variations in color from light to dark.

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A population of a certain kind of fish is introduced into a new habitat. These fish have variations in color from light to dark.

Because of the lighting conditions and predators in this new habitat, light colored fish survive better near the surface and dark-colored fish survive better near the bottom. What change would likely result after many generations of these fish living in this environment

Biology

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Elodia [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-12T12:30:34+03:00

Answer:

There would be two populations of fish:

Light-colored fishes near the surface

Dark-colored fishes near the bottom.

Explanation:

After many generations, there would be two populations of fish: Light-colored fishes near the surface and Dark-colored fishes near the bottom as light-colored fish survive better near the surface and dark-colored fish survive better near the bottom due to the lighting conditions and predators in the new habitat.